escensio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
escendō (“to climb up”) + -tiō
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /esˈken.si.oː/, [ɛs̠ˈkẽːs̠ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eʃˈʃen.si.o/, [eʃˈʃɛnsio]
Noun edit
escēnsiō f (genitive escēnsiōnis); third declension
- an ascension, mounting, climbing, going up
- Synonyms: ascēnsiō, inscensio, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus
- Antonyms: dēscēnsus, dēcursiō, dēscēnsiō, dēcursus
- a landing, disembarkation, incursion
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | escēnsiō | escēnsiōnēs |
| Genitive | escēnsiōnis | escēnsiōnum |
| Dative | escēnsiōnī | escēnsiōnibus |
| Accusative | escēnsiōnem | escēnsiōnēs |
| Ablative | escēnsiōne | escēnsiōnibus |
| Vocative | escēnsiō | escēnsiōnēs |
References edit
- “escensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “escensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers